Officials fear Obama’s victory could hurt Tokyo’s 2016 Olympic chances
06-11-2008
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Officials in charge of Tokyo’s Olympic bid are afraid that U.S. president-elect Obama could promote the rival bid to bring the 2016 games to his hometown of Chicago: “Mr. Obama is popular and good at speeches, so things could get tough for Japan,” said Tomiaki Fukuda, a senior JOC executive board member. But Ichiro Kono, the [...]
Officials in charge of Tokyo’s Olympic bid are afraid that U.S. president-elect Obama could promote the rival bid to bring the 2016 games to his hometown of Chicago: “Mr. Obama is popular and good at speeches, so things could get tough for Japan,” said Tomiaki Fukuda, a senior JOC executive board member. But Ichiro Kono, the [...]
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